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Evan & Tiki

Hour 1: WBC Controversy and St. John’s Seeding Fury Take Over New York

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

A fired-up episode dives straight into two stories that had fans boiling: the Dominican Republic’s controversial loss to Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, and St. John’s landing a frustrating NCAA tournament draw despite its late-season surge. The hosts channel the mood of New York sports fans, unpacking how missed calls, questionable bracket decisions, and raw emotion can turn a great sports moment into an all-day argument. From the case for ABS after a game-ending strike call that looked like a ball, to debates over Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, and whether the better team actually won, the baseball conversation is loaded with passion and perspective. The episode also breaks down why St. John’s fans feel disrespected by a brutal path through the tournament, with plenty of caller reactions, sharp opinions, and the kind of heated sports talk that captures exactly why these moments hit so hard.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I am in a good mood. I know Tiki is in a good mood, but I also understand that a big part of our audience is pissed off today.

0:07.6

And there are two factions of people who could cross over and be the same person, but there are two groups of people today that are pissed off and let's address it right off the top.

0:17.7

Number one, you've got St. John's fans. They made the tournament. We knew that.

0:22.6

They won the Big East outright and the tournament with just a pounding victory over Yukon

0:27.3

on Saturday at the Garden, and they get absolutely hosed with a five seed in the bracket of doom.

0:33.5

They're pissed off. And the other group of people that are pissed off, and there's a lot in the audience,

0:38.4

because we heard from you on Friday, are our Dominican fans,

0:42.6

Dominicans who live here, and Dominican baseball fans who feel like last night,

0:48.2

in what was an electric atmosphere and a wonderful baseball game,

0:53.0

they feel like they got hosed because not once but twice,

0:56.6

Perdomo struck out to end the game on a pitch that was clearly a ball. And of course,

1:00.6

Juan Soto struck out to begin the pivotal late inning on a pitch that was a ball. So we got a lot of

1:06.4

pissed off people today. We will be your outlet, 888808101. Where do you want to start with us?

1:12.3

I mean, the baseball is the most interesting one to me because the world baseball classic is

1:17.1

everybody I knew. Hell, my brother's daughter was at the game. I didn't even know. I was like,

1:21.0

how did you get there, Justice? She works for fanatics. I guess it kind of makes sense.

1:24.3

But everybody I knew was at this WBC game.

1:28.0

I was like, oh, everybody made the trip to go down.

1:30.3

And the only thing that I could think about after the game was, why don't they have ABS?

1:35.9

I know.

1:37.0

They're trialing this everywhere.

1:39.1

It's been in the minors for, I don't know, four years, three or four years, whatever it may be.

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